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STEEL INCREASE
BOMBS R.R.STRIKE
FOUR BIG JOLTS HIT DEAD
LOCKED PARLEY UPON RAIL
WALKOUT
STRIKERS HAIL IT AS HELP
Steel Corporation Bankers Suspected
of Flank Movement to Make Un
tenable Position of Die-Hard
Executives
New York.—Four surprise factors
have entered Into the rail situation,
any one of which, according to repre
sentatives of roads and brotherhood
officials, may virtually influence the
action of the Association of Railway
Executives, when it meets to consider
peace proposals or mediation with the
big five brotherhoods. They were:
1. —The announcement that presi
dents of three roads. Samuel Rea of
the Pennsylvania; E. E. Loomis of the
T<ehigh Valley; and William Bester of
the Jersey Central, were expected to
arrive from Europe on the Majestic in
time to participate In the conference
of the Association of Railway Execu
tives.
2. —The grant by three large steel
corporations of a 20 per cent increase
In wages to their several hundred
thousand day laborers.
3. —Assertion by L. F. Loree. presi
dent of the Delaware & Hudson and
chairman of the eastern presidents’
conference, that predictions of a strike
settlement and peace In the Industry
were “all bunk.’*
4. —Announcement that several
brotherhood chiefs are enroute from
the west with practical proposals for
settlement of the shop crafts’ strike
which they will submit to rail execu
tives if all other peace advances fall.
The decision nf the steel corpora
tions to raise the wages of laborers
was hailed by the strikers ns a point in
their favor. Rail heads refrained from
discussion of the possible effects of
the steel companies’ move on rail strike
negotiation. They were, nevertheless,
quick to offer numerous reasons why
the steel Industry should grant their
men a raise at this critical stage.
One was that some of the steel cor
poration bankers who also are large
Investors in the railroads, took such
means of making untenable the posi
tion steadfastly maintained by the east
ern “die-hards” beaded by Mr. Loree.
that the strike be allowed to continue
“as a finish fight” rather than be
settled by returning seniority rights
to the strikers.
MICHAEL COLLINS SLAIN
BY AMBUSHED ASSASSINS
Chief of Army Is Victim of Third At
tempt to Murder Him for
Rebel Triumph
London. —Michael Collins, head of
the Trish provisional government and
of the Trisb national army, was shot
and killed from ambush at Bandon.
County Cork, a few hours after he bad
been given an ovation by the people
of Cork city, who for the first time
saw the free state hero in the uniform
of com ma n d er-1 n -ch I of.
Thus within 10 days two of the most
prominent figures in the new Irish gov
ernment have been removed by death.
Just 10 days ago President Griffith of
the dail eireann. considered the brains
of the new administration, died In
Dublin; now. Michael Collins, the free
state’s military genius, is killed at the
moment when the dissipation of the ir
regular forces in the south was con
sidered complete.
Hay Leading Carey By 400
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Returns from 90
scattered precincts of Wyoming’s 657
precincts showed Gov. Robert D.
Carey, former Progressive and person
al friend of Theodore Roosevelt, over
300 votes behind John liny, known as
a "regular” Republican, in tbe race for
the Republican nomination for govern
or. The vote was: Hay. 2.364 ; Carey.
2.039. Most of the precincts reporting
were from rural districts, but they In
clude some from each of the five
larger cities of the state.
Steel Plants Raise Labor 20 Per Cent
New York. —Three big steel corpora
tions. employing normally nearly 300.-
000 workers, have announced a 20 per
cent wage Increase for all day laborers
In their manufacturing plants. The
United States Steel corporation took
the lead, hut was quickly followed hy
the Midvale Steel and Ordnance com
pany and the Youngstown Sheet &
Tube company.
Klan is Menace to True Government
Salem. Orc.—United States Attorney
General Daugherty refers To the Ku
Klux Klan as “a distinct menace to
decent government” In a letter to Gov.
Olcott concerning the move of the gov
ernor against the Klan In Oregon.
Fight Expected Before Passage
Washington. Senate Republican
leaders are continuing negotiations for
n unanimous consent agreement for n
final senate vote on the soldier bonus
hill, hut apparently with little prospect
of Immediate success.
HARDING KEYTO BONUS,
fOE HOPE IS 111 VETO
Bursum Proposal of Half Cash and
Half Certificates is Killed
By Senate
Washington.—The senate moved for
ward so rapidly In Its consideration of
the soldiers’ bonus bill that some lend
ers regarded passage of the measure
as more than a possibility. Opponents
were understood to be disposed to let
the bill take its course at this time,
in the belief that President Harding
would veto it. Should he do so, they
planned to center their fights against
Its passage over his veto.
There still was, however, no official
information before the senate as to
the executive’s views, other than that
contained in his letter read to the
house last March just before that body
passed the bill. The president then ad
vised that congress either find a means
of financing tiie legislation or postpone
its enactment, and some friends of the
bill as well as opponents believe he Is
still of that mind.
With the committee changes cleaned
up, Senator Bursum, Republican. New
Mexico, called up his substitute, pro
posing half cash and half certificates
of Indebtedness for the veterans, but
this was rejected without a roll call
or any discussion.
Senator Bursum protested, saying
there should be some debate on an
amendment which he bellevtd would
save something like .$3,000,000,000 to
the government. By unanimous con
sent, action on the substitute was re
considered.
COMMUNISTS PLOT TO
' CANKER ARMY AND NAVY
Dragnet Gets 17 in Secret Michigan
Convention; Many Managed
to Elude Authorities
Washington.—The arrest of 17 al
leged communists after the secret con
vention of the communist party at
Bridgman. Mich., by Michigan state au
thorities, disclosed a program for the
organization of communist groups in
the army and navy, and for the initia
tion of militant action on the part of
radicals In the United States, accord
ing to information from official sources
In Washington.
Many prominent alleged communists
who attended the convention managed
to elude the authorities, according to
information here.
A dragnet was said to have been
thrown out to round up some of the
more important among the more than
50 alleged commuists present at the
Bridgman convention.
William Dunn, one of those taken
into custody nt Bridgman, was declared
by officials, to the the gubernatorial
candidate of the Workers’ party in
New York at the election next Novem
ber. He was for many years. It was
added, editor of the Butte Daily Bulle
tin and has been active in the radical
movement, particularly in the commun
ist and Workers’ parties.
Dublin Mourns for Collins
Dublin.—The body of Michael Col
lins was carried through the streets of
Dublin, which were lined with sorrow
ing spectators. In Impressive proces
sion. the body was taken from the
steamer Classic and transported on a
gun carriage to the St. Vincent’s hos
pital. Later It was removed to the city
lu.il. where It will lie In v tate.
Irish pipers play- a lament, while
officers of the Dublin birgntle acted as
pall bearers. Dense crowds gathered
hours before the appointed time, and
on all sides poignant grief was dis
played as the cortege passed. Hun
dreds of Dublin guards formed an es
cort. with arms reversed, and a vast
procession of bare headed men and
women followed. The coffin was
placed on the same catafalque on
which had rested the body of Arthur
Griffith.
Nomination Depends on Official Count
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Doubt that the con
test for the Republican nomination for
governor in the recent primary elec
tion would be decided before the of
ficial count of the vote by the state
canvassing board early In September
has been expressed here.
Returns so far received Indicated
that Hay had carried nine counties and
Carey four. Returns from tile other
eight counties were too Incomplete to
indicate who had carried them.
Federal Control Coal Mines Plan
Washington.—Government operation
of the coni mines and federal control
of coal distribution in such n manner
as to prevent profiteering, were pro
posed in measures introduced in the
senate.
Escaped Convicts Hard Pressed
Norfolk. Neb. —The four convicts
who escaped from the South Dakota
penitentiary are being pressed near
Verde). Neb., by South Dakota authori
ties and a posse from Verdel. Two of
them were recognized, it l» reported.
S. D. Legion Elects Commander
Huron, S. D. —Jay H. Williams, of
Gettysburg, recently was elected com
mander of the South Dakota depart
ment of tl«e Anieric&n legion at the
closing business session of the annual
convention here.
COAL STRIKE IN
MONTANA ENDS
MINES ORDERED OPENED A8
CONFERENCE SIGNS FOR
OLD WAGE SCALE
EXPECT FULL CAPACITY SOON
Will Be Operating Normally Within
Week; Negotiation For New
Contract to Begin Janu-
ary 3, Next
Billings.—An agreement has been
signed between the United Mine Work
ers of America and the Montana Coal
Operators* association officially ending
the bituminous coal strike for the state
of Montana. Resumption of work In
the mines will take place immediately.
The agreement was reached after four
hours of conference.
The settlement Is a duplication of
the Cleveland agreement and calls for
the resumption of work in the mines
at the wage scale and the working con
ditions in effect at the time of the
strike. March 31, 1922. The contract
was signed by members of both parties
•nd is for one year’s duration, or until
March 31, 1923.
It is expected by l>oth operators and
miners that the mines in the state will
he In full operation within the next
week. Although there Is some prelim
I nary work to be done in certain mines,
the normal production will be reached
by next Monday. Mr. Condon predicts.
Mr. Condon, speaking for the United
Mine Workers of America, said:
“We are very well satisfied with the
settlement. It is a great victory for
the mine workers of this nation and for
organized labor in general. I consider
this the most successful ending of any
large strike I ever knew of. Although
the recent Canadian strike surpassed
ours in the numbers participating, the
Canadian miners did not secure that
for which they were striking. I am
very happy to think that work will be
resumed immediately. It will mean
much to the miners who have been on
strike for nearly five months.”
COLLINS TIES UP MIL-
LIONS FROM DE VALERA
American Banks Barred From Paying
Over to Rebel Leader Any of
Gift Subscriptions
New York.—A temporary injunction
restraining banks in w-hich are deposit
ed moneys collected for the Irish re
publican cause from releasing them to
Eatnonn De Valera or any of his agents
was signed by Supreme Court Justice
Burr, on application of attorneys rep
resenting Michael" Collins and other of
ficers of the Irish free state forces.
It was announced ♦ lint approximately
$2,300,000 was tied up by the order.
Service of complaint on De Valera and
the other defendants was ordered to be
made through the Insertion of adver
tisements In papers in England and
Ireland. Most of the funds involved
are said to be deposited with the
Guaranty Trust company and the Har
rison National bank of New York.
The main contention for an Injunc
tion raised was that Ireland now Is n
nation; that Do Valera Is against the
present government and Is a fugitive
and that he is not entitled to the
money.
If De Valera or his forces were
granted the present funds in American
banks, the free state representatives
contend, it would be devoted to the
carrying on of further revolution
against the present government and
prolonging of needless and unjustifi
able civil war in a country which has
expressed by the ballot its preference
for the Irish free state form of gov
ernment.
U. P. Adds 15 Engines
Philadelphia.—Samuel M. Vauclaln,
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
works, announces receipt of an order
from the Union Pacific railroad for
15 locomotives to cost $900,000. Con
struction of these engines will begin
at once.
Mr. Vauclaln said his company now
had $16,000,000 worth of unfilled or
ders on Its books, the largest volume
of business since April, 1021.
Harbord Chief When Pershing Quits
Washington.—Under a bill changing
the ndlitary law. passed by the house
and sent to the senate, the president
would be authorized to appoint Major
General Harbord, deputy chief of staff
of the army, as chief of staff to suc
ceed General Pershing on the latter’s
retirement.
Thought Drowned; Walk in Alive
Missoula. —Search so rthe body of
Mrs. M. B. Norman, believed drowned
with her son in a storm nn Flathead
Mrs. Norman and her son arrived at
the home of Frank B. Linderman, after
landing on the beach at Angel point.
Woman Postal Clerk Champion
Washington.—A woman Is the cham
pion mail handler o fthe postal ser
vice. Miss Nina E. Holtmts of the De
troit postoffice, set e. record for sort
ing letters recently by distributing
?0,610 iu eight hours.
SPIKES ARE DM,
TRAIN IS WRECKED
Both Enginemen Die When Train Goes
Into Ditch.—Michigan Cen
tral Offers Reward
Chicago.—The wrecking of express
train No. 31). enroute from New York to
Chicago, with the loss of two lives
near Gary, Ind., resulted from the de
liberate removal of 27 spikes from one
of the rails, Michigan Central railroad
officials announce. A SI,OOO reward
was offered for the arrest of those re
sponsible.
The wreck took place about a mile
east of Gary, while the train, not car
rying any passengers, was traveling at
a speed estimated at more than 50
miles an hour in an effort to make up
lost time.
When the heavy engine struck the
rail from which the spikes had been
removed, It ploughed along on the ties
for some distance and then turned
completely over. The two enginemen
were dead when removed from the
wreckage.
The cause of the wreck remained a
mystery for some hours because of the
confusion nt the scene, and because
of the fact that the rails and ties hud
been ploughed up and tossed about
like matchwood for hundreds of feet.
Eight oars loaded with merchandise
followed the engine Into the ditch; the
others remaining on the track.
An Investigation by Martin Quinn,
special agent of the road, revealed that
while the roadbed had been ground
Into an unrecognizable mass from the
spot where the train had left the rails,
enough remained at the place where
the engine had been thrown from Its
course to furnish mute evidence of the
work of train wreckers. Everything
ahead of the gap, however, had been
destroyed.
Railroad men here said o great deal
of trouble has been experienced at
Gary in recent weeks, ties having been
piled on the tracks on a number of oc
casions.
CUBA ASKED TO LOCK
DOORS TO BAR ALIENS
Island is Portal to Chinese Smugglers,
State Department Tells •
Republic
Washington.— Representations have
been made to the Cuban government by’
the state department, looking to steps
to prevent further smuggling of Chi
nese and Europeans from the Island
republic into the United States.
In a note transmitted through the
Cuban legislation here, the American
government Is understood to have
taken the position that from the num
ber of aliens admitted to Cuba and the
fact that there Is said to be no em
ployment available there for them, it
appears that entry to Cuba Is ob
tained upon the belief that eventually
the aliens can be smuggled into this
country’.
Approximately 30,000 Chinese and
about 40,000 aliens from al) over
Europe are now In Cuba awaiting op
portunity to enter this country sur
reptitiously, In the belief of Secretary
Davis. Constant smuggling of aliens
into the United States, many of whom
“are bolshevlsts, communist and tin
deshaote citizens, ’’ Mr. Davis said, con
stitutes a menace to the government
and should be halted without further
delay. If an effective remedy cannot
be applied at once through voluntary
co-operation between foreign govern
ments and the United States,’’ he said,
“then congress should immediately en
act a compulsory registration law to
be applied to all aliens within the bor
ders of this country.
Unjustly Convicted, Says Hughes
Washington.--Secretary Hughes, In
a letter made public by the Republican
national committee, expresses the con
viction, after a review of the New
berry ease, “that Senator Newberry
was wrongly and most unjustly con
victed.”
The secretary, writing to the Rev.
Mr. Hugh B. McCaulley, of Patterson,
N. J.. In response to an Inquiry as to
the “facts" In the Newberry case, gives
In detail the findings of the courts, es
pecially the supreme court, which set
aside the conviction of Mr. Newberry.
Klansmen Add 4,650 by Cross
Chicago.—Beneath the red glare
from a blazing cross, what was said to
be the nation's biggest class of new
Ku Klux Klansmen —4,650 candidates
—was Initiated in a huge field just
outside of Chicago. While thousands
of voices chanted the surging roil of
“Onward Christian Soldiers," the can
didates. still garbl'd In their working
clothes faced the cross and its circle
of white clad Initiators and pledged
their allegiance to the “Invisible em
pire.”
37 Ku Kluxers Facing Trial
- Los Angeles.—Thirty-seven members
of the Ku Klux Klan are on trial be
fore Judge Frederick W. Houser In the
Los Angeles county court charged with
being participants in a “tar and feath
er" party near Los Angeles.
Irish Regulars Driving Rebels In
Belfast. —The drive in the mountains
north of Dundalk Is being steadily
pushed by n large force of nationals
operating from several directions.
There Ims been heavy firing at differ
• ’it points.
POST TREATMENT
IS MONEY SAVER
Experiments at lowa College
With Water Gas Tar in Con
junction With Creosote.
BY-PRODUCT OF GAS PLANTS
Creosoting Will Lengthen Life of
Posts of Any Kind of Wood—ls
Especially Valuable With Cot
tonwood or Willow.
A new economy in the preservative
treatment of fence posts is in sight. If
experiments with the use of water gas
tar in conjunction with creosote,
which are being conducted by forest
ers of the lowa agricultural experi
ment station, Justify the belief that
the tar can be utilized.
Water gas tar, a by-product of arti
ficial gas plants, is much cheaper than
creosote. The purpose of the experi
ments is to determine whether or not
the tar can be successfully used in a
mixture with the creosote and In what
proportions to give the best results.
The economic value of the preserva
tive treatment of posts has been dem
onstrated In many cases, says G. B.
MacDonald, head of the forestry de
partment at the college. Creosotlng
will lengthen the life of posts of any
kind of wood, but It is especially valu
able with soft woods.
Tests have shown that such soft
woods as willow and cottonwood,
which last only three or four years if
untreated, * 111 serve as posts for from
20 to 25 years when treated. This
fact makes possible the utilization by
the farmer of woods of this kind on
the farm which would otherwise be
practically useless.
It is practicable, Mr. MacDonald
points out, for a farmer to set out a
small plantation of quick-growing
trees, such as the cottonwood, and In
five or six years have the start of a
permanent supply of posts. It Is esti
mated that a post per acre is needed
every year. A considerable saving can
be made by the farmer who grows
and treats his own posts.
Two methods of creosotlng posts are
recommended by Mr. MacDonald, one
In which one tank is used and another
which requires two tanks. In the first
method posts are put into the creosote
tank with the creosote at a high tem
perature, and are allowed to cool in
the same tank. When two tanks are
used the posts are transferred, after
their bath in the hot creosote, to the
other tank, which contains cold creo
sote. #
On medium-sized farms, where 100
or more posts are needed annually, a
satisfactory treating tank, made of
galvanized Iron, about 36 inches in di
ameter and 48 inches high, can be pur
chased for about $lO.
This tank is mounted about a foot
from the ground on a brick founda
tion, which contains a firebox. Wood
is used for fuel. If the nosts are tn he
Removing costa After I reatment in
Creos-.de—The Posts Are Allowed to
Drain in the Barrels.
given a top ns well ns a butt treat
ment, they can be Inverted in the tank.
This should be done in the case of soft
woods.
In the single tank treatment the
creosote Is heated to a temperature of
200 to 220 degrees Fahrenheit. Enough
creosote Is put Into the tank to sub
merge the lower three* or three and
one-half feet of the posts. The tem
perature Is maintained at about 220
degrees for from two to six hours, de
fending upon the kind of wood being
treated. The harder the wood the
longer It should be immersed. The
fire is allowed to die down and the
posts are left in the cold creosote for
from four to fourteen hours.
If two tanks are used the work can
be speeded up, since the cold bath Is
applied in the second tank. The cre
osote should penetrate the posts to a
depth of from one-quarter to one inch.
Tests should be made to see that this
penetration Is secured.
NO SECRETS WITH CHICKENS
Nothing but Hard Work, Painstaking
Thought and Firm Determination
to Make Success.
There are no short cuts In the poul
try business, no secrets and no
schemes save those of hard work,
painstaking thought and firm deter
mination to make a success. This
sounds a little contrary to the general
dea of poultry, but it is true Just the
tame.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 1 922.
SILAGE MIXTURE TO
FINISH OFF CATTLE
Steers Make More Economical
Gains and Shrink Less.
Test Made by Department of A B ricu|.
ture In Co-Operation With Louiel
ana Station—Value of Different
Crope Worked Out.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
To get results economically most
cattle feeders should use some kind
of silage lu the rations, says the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. Steers fed on silage usually not
only make more economical gains,
shrink less, and make more profits
than steers fed on dry roughage. hat
;V• t >
Herd of Hereford Steers on a Texas
Ranch. i
also make it possible to utilize crops
grown primarily In a rotation for re
storing the fertility of worn-out lands.
The comparative value of a number
of different silage crops for steer feed
ing was recently worked out by the
department Id co-operation with the
Louisiana experiment station. In one
instance similar lots of cattle were
fed a ration of cottonseed meal and
blackstrap molasses In combination
with corn silage, corn and Biloxi soy
bean silage, sorghum silage, sorghum
and Biloxi soy-bean silage.
The best gain was made by the
steers fed the straight corn silage, but
It was shown that the capacity of a
farm for fattening or wintering cattle
may be greatly Increased by the use
of heavy-yielding silage crops such as
sorghum and Japanese enne. Imma
ture Biloxi soy beans mixed with corn
or sorghum were not so satisfactory,
but with late-maturing crops like Japa
nese cane these soys gave very good
results. Sorghum silage and Japanese
cape and Biloxi soy-bean silage are
practically equal in feeding value for
steers when supplemented by cotton
seed meal and molasses.
TIME TO SOW SWEET CLOVER
Best Plan Is to Plant It in Winter or
Spring With Nurse Crop or Dur
ing Mid-Summer.
It is not generally recommended
that sweet clover be sown tn corn in
the fall. A better way is to sow it
either in the winter or spring with a
nurse crop or during mid-summer on a
firm seed bed free of other crops. By
having a compact seed bed and giving
a heavy application of seed. It Is
possible that a good stand can be
secured in standing com but much
depends upon the weather. An added
advantage results from cutting the
corn off for silage, since this gives
the small plants more sunlight. There
Is great risk, however, In sowing any
kind of seed In corn after the Inst cul
tivation because of the usual dry
weather period that follows. Some
farmers make n success of this sort of
seeding but ordinarily It Is n hotter
policy to seed in another way if that is
possible.
RECIPE FOR FLY REPELLENT
Cattle Can Be Greatly Relieved From
Peste by Application of Coal-
Tar Mixture.
Cattle can be greatly relieved from
files by spraying In the morning be
fore going to pasture with some fly
spray. For this the following home
made spray Is efficient and cheap:
Four and one-half quarts coal-tar dip,
four and one-half quarts fish oil, three
quarts coal oil, three quarts whale oil,
one and one-half quarts oil of tar,
three pounds laundry soap.
Dissolve tlie laundry soap in water
and mix the other Ingredients thor
oughly and bring the whole up to 30
gallons. This spray can be applied
with an ordinary spray pump and will
give relief from flies the greater part
of the day.
Some provision for shade will offer
relief to a certain extent from heat.
SPRAY POTATO LEAF HOPPER
Bordeaux Mixture Should Bo Applied
Thoroughly to Undir Side
of the Leaves.
You can get the potato leaf hopper
by using bordeaux mixture. The
formula employed consists of four
pounds of copper sulphate, four
pounds of unshiked lime to fifty gal
lons of water. The spray should be
applied to the under side of the leaves
thoroughly, using at least 150 pounds
pressure. This pressure gives a fine
mist spray. At least three applications
are recommended and a fourth might
be given to advantage. Both sides of
each row should be thoroughly
sprayed to make the Job complete.